TY - BOOK ID - 77934671 TI - The contemporary law of targeting : [military objectives, proportionality and precautions in attack under additional Protocol I] PY - 2009 VL - 25 SN - 1282601687 9786612601682 9047428269 9789047428268 9781282601680 9789004174801 900417480X 661260168X PB - Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Humanitarian law. KW - Military weapons KW - War (International law) KW - Humanitarian conventions KW - International humanitarian law KW - Hostilities KW - International law KW - Neutrality KW - Law and legislation. KW - Guerre (Droit international) KW - Armes de guerre KW - Droit international humanitaire KW - Droit KW - Humanitarian law KW - Law and legislation KW - Military weapons - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77934671 AB - Armed conflict is about using force to achieve goals. As international humanitarian law regulates the means and methods that a belligerent may adopt to achieve its goals, there will inevitably be disagreements over the interpretation of that law. As for the rules that regulate targeting, the main difficulties arise over what is a lawful target and what is proportional collateral damage. This book provides a detailed analysis of those issues. Also, a chapter is dedicated to considering how United Nations Security Council sanctioning of participation in an armed conflict might affect the range of lawful targets available to a belligerent. Finally, a process is described by which legal responsibility for targeting decisions can be assessed in a complex decision-making environment. ER -